Special Events

Trajectories of Transformation: A Symposium on Inuit Art

Friday, January 25, 2013 from 9am to 5pm

Leading artists, art historians, and curators will gather at the WAG for a one-day symposium to discuss Inuit art and the transformation and defining moments that have shaped this area of Canadian art history. Led by Darlene Coward Wight, Curator of Inuit Art, it will feature presentations by contemporary artists Shuvinai Ashoona, Tim Pitseolak and Jamesie Pitsiulak, as well as talks by Ingo Hessel, Christine Lalonde (NGC), Norman Vorano (CMC), Bill Ritchie (Kinngait Studio, Cape Dorset Print Shop), and acclaimed filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril.